But my eyes are open now, I have come out of the evil dream that bound me--and never shall I enter it again.

Let us go from here.

Let us leave this valley and never come back to it any more." So it was arranged that they should winter far away, returning only to the valley for a few short days in the spring, and then leave it for ever.

They had no heart now for more than just to fly from that haunted place, and before night fell in the valley they were already far away.
In vain Silencieux listened for the sound of her lover's step in the wood, for he had vowed that he would never look upon her face again..